From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "T. V. Raman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: An Emacs plug-in for a browser (Firefox?) Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 14:54:27 -0700 Message-ID: <18626.64531.854047.968700@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <18624.40059.414121.633475@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <48C0BB3A.4080201@pajato.com> <87zlmnezy9.fsf@shellarchive.co.uk> <48C0FC53.4020806@gmail.com> <6fa54e4e0809050420i5132ace5red5a011b69ecd1ed@mail.gmail.com> <87myilkyyf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: raman@users.sf.net NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220738090 11293 80.91.229.12 (6 Sep 2008 21:54:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 21:54:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, pmr@pajato.com, lennart.borgman@gmail.com, joakim@verona.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org, smeuuh@gmail.com, raman@users.sourceforge.net, phil@shellarchive.co.uk To: cyd@stupidchicken.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 06 23:55:43 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kc5ks-0005SF-EN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:55:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46988 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kc5js-0003Vz-OE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:54:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kc5jn-0003Vm-Sz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:54:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kc5jj-0003Uu-3c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:54:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55161 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kc5jj-0003Ur-0H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:54:31 -0400 Original-Received: from qmta08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.80]:53418) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kc5ji-0005v6-LS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:54:30 -0400 Original-Received: from OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.35]) by QMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id BPnA1a0030lTkoCA8ZuVd6; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:54:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([71.202.191.236]) by OMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id BZuU1a00A56Ur8v8QZuUK4; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:54:29 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=1H8N5B8Kro0A:10 a=kXMvQgnwVQMA:10 a=2z1OXlWFAAAA:8 a=9mGaRK45ontbd1tORJcA:9 a=usRvPHHkiGF0f-kYGZQA:7 a=QhcbbVGxfx5e3gHbeNRYL91ZfLAA:4 a=dAUg0o1D4TkA:10 a=ii61gXl28gQA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=gi0PWCVxevcA:10 Original-Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 189A712A4101; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 14:54:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87myilkyyf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> X-Mailer: VM alpha-479 under Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) x-attribution: tvr X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:103613 Archived-At: I think this would make an excellent Google Summer Of Code project if we can find the right people to do the project. Do you have someone in mind? >>>>> "Chong" == Chong Yidong writes: Chong> "Richard M. Stallman" writes: >> I proposed years ago that we extend Emacs to the point >> where it can function as a word processor. This is mainly >> a matter of adding features that let you put things in a >> buffer (and save them in files) to get various kinds of >> formatting effects. To display web pages is an even more >> distant goal; it requires MORE new buffer and display >> features. Chong> Chong> That's assuming we rely on the Emacs redisplay engine. Chong> The approach being discussed in this thread is to Chong> embedding the output generated by an external browser Chong> library in an Emacs window. Chong> Chong> Basically, this involves being able to tell an Emacs Chong> window not to draw the usual Emacs display, but to Chong> display the output from an external process (an Chong> embedded browser process) instead. I think it's very Chong> feasible, assuming someone has the time to do it. The Chong> bottleneck here is manpower. Chong> Chong> (Maybe this would be a good Google Summer of Code Chong> project). -- Best Regards, --raman Email: raman@users.sf.net WWW: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/ AIM: emacspeak GTalk: tv.raman.tv@gmail.com PGP: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/raman-almaden.asc Google: tv+raman IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/#emacs